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stumpwork

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stumpwork [ˈstʌmpˌwɜːk]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a type of embroidery of the 15th to 17th centuries featuring raised or embossed figures, padded with cotton wool or hair


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A rare 17th-century section of stumpwork - a type of three-dimensional embroidery - can be seen in the ground floor exhibition room, while upstairs a sample of 21st century stumpwork, created by a guild member, is on show.
Margaret Gamble will be leading the Stumpwork, Raised Work and 3D workshop.
 
 
 
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